Resources – Page 3 – Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands, U.K.

“If the Cross had been a sign of weakness, we would have never erected it on our churches and our towers or hanged it round our necks, tattooed it on our hands and drawn it in our writings… The Cross to us is a sign of power, the power of love, sacrifice, self negligence and endurance. This is the real meaning of power…” – H.H. Pope Shenouda III

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“Prayer is a great weapon, a rich treasure, a wealth that is never exhausted, an undisturbed refuge, a cause of tranquility, the root of multiple blessings and their source.” – St. John Chrysostom

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“If salvation is by grace,” someone will say, “why is it that we are not all saved?” Because you did not will it. For grace, even though it be grace, saves the willing, not those who are not willing , and who turn away from it and who constantly fight against it and oppose themselves to it.” – St. John Chrysostom

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“The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men.” – St. Athanasius the Apostolic

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“We are renewed day by day by making progress in our righteousness and true holiness through the knowledge of God. For those who do so transfer their love from temporal things to eternal things, from visible things to invisible things, from fleshly things to spiritual things.” – St. Augustine

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